Lawmakers Failed

August 6, 2002

Re your editorial advising citizens to vote against amendments 8 and 9: Consider the possibility that these amendments are proposed only because Florida lawmakers refuse to do their job. If the governor and legislators fulfilled their responsibility to provide proper education for Florida's children, citizens wouldn't have to resort to constitutional amendments.

While our leaders tried to demand that a cost estimate for educational improvements be on the ballot, why didn't they do the same for the bullet train? Might it be because of the money that private interests stand to make constructing the rail system?